City of LA - Urban Design Principals

Stephanie, as chair of the AIA/LA Urban Design Committee and since your committee has been closely engaged with the City of LA Urban Design Studio, I wanted to let you know that the Citywide Urban Design Principals will be heard at the July 25th City Planning Commission hearing.  

Does your committee wish for me to read into public record a letter of support for the initiative?  If so, then I need to immediately communicate your endorsement to the AIA/LA Board of Director's Executive Committee.

Details of the Citywide Urban Design Principles can be found below.  Or by following this link:  http://www.urbandesignla.com/UD_Principles-03-10-08-2.pdf

Please let me know your thoughts ASAP.

Very truly yours,

Will Wright

Director, Government & Public Affairs

CITY PLANNING COMMISSION             

REGULAR MEETING 

THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2009, 8:30 A.M. 

VAN NUYS CITY HALL, COUNCIL CHAMBER, 2ND FLOOR  

14410 SYLVAN STREET, VAN NUYS, CALIFORNIA 91401 

4. CPC-2009-1680-GPA  

CEQA:  ENV-2009-1681-CE  

 

PUBLIC HEARING 

Requested Action: 

1. Pursuant to Charter Section 555 and Section 11.5.6 of the Municipal Code, a General Plan Amendment to add Urban Design Principles to the General Plan Framework. 

2. Find that the project is categorically exempt and adopt the related findings.  

  

Proposed Project: 

The City Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing to consider amending the General Plan Framework by adding Citywide Urban Design Principles. The added general policy procedure making will summarize the application and use of the Principles; and new policies will be recommended to implement the Urban Design Principles through the preparation of Community Plans, Urban Design Standards and Guidelines, Ordinances, and discretionary project review findings. No development is proposed as part of the project. No change in land use, density or intensity is proposed. 

 

Applicant:  City of Los Angeles  

 

Recommended Action: 

1. Approve and Recommend that the City Council Adopt the requested General Plan Amendment (Appendix A) into the General Plan Framework: 1) add descriptive text regarding the Urban Design Principles into the Introduction of the Land Use Chapter and the Urban Form and Neighborhood Design Chapter; 2) add new Policy 3.2.5 - Use the Urban Design Principles in the Community Plan process to integrate Urban Design into the Land Use Chapter; 3) add new Policy 5.1.3 - Implement the Urban Design Principles through the preparation of Community Plans, Urban Design Standards and Guidelines, and Ordinances; 

and 4) add new Policy 5.1.4 - Use the Urban Design Principles in making findings of conformance with the General Plan for discretionary projects. 

2. Approve and recommend that the City Council Adopt Categorical Exemption No. ENV-2009-1692-CE.  Adopt the related findings as part of this project. 

 

Staff:   Simon Pastucha, (213) 978-1475